Intelligent agent system and method for evaluating data integrity in process information databases

A data integrity module for evaluating data in a process information database including data generated by a manufacturing process, said module comprising:

• a neural network generating statistical patterns for specifying patterns for the data being evaluated;
• a rules base specifying rules for evaluating the data;
• a processor, responsive to the rules base and the statistical patterns, for identifying suspect data in the process information database by evaluating the data according to the rules base and the statistical patterns;
• and
• a modification system for modifying the suspect data in the process information database.

In a system for manufacturing absorbent garments from raw material by a process implemented by a product line, wherein the system has a process information database of data relating to the process, the improvement comprising a data integrity module for evaluating the data in the process information database including data generated by a manufacturing process, said module comprising:

• a neural network generating statistical patterns for specifying patterns for the data being evaluated;
• a rules base specifying rules for evaluating the data;
• a processor, responsive to the rules base and the statistical patterns, for identifying suspect data in the process information database by evaluating the data according to the rules base and the statistical patterns;
• and
• a modification system for modifying the suspect data in the process information database.

A method for evaluating data integrity in a process information database including data generated by a manufacturing process, said method comprising:

• providing reference information;
• accessing the data in the process information database;
• evaluating the accessed data according to the reference information;
• identifying suspect data in the evaluated data;
• and
• modifying at least some of the suspect data in the process information database.